Purple Book

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

Purple Book
 n.

   1. The System V Interface Definition. The covers of the first editions
   were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender.

   2. Syn. {Wizard Book}. Donald Lewine's POSIX Programmer's Guide
   (O'Reilly, 1991, ISBN 0-937175-73-0). See also {book titles}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Purple Book

   1. <publication> The "System V Interface Definition".  The
   covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating
   shade of off-lavender.

   2. <publication> The {Wizard Book}.

   See also {book titles}.

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